senior gis research and analyst positions

Personnel Area: City Planning and Economic Development Services

Branch:City Planning and Design

Section: Strategic Planning

Salary Range:

Band 5 AUD $98,788.00 to $111,969.00 per annum plus superannuation

Band 6 AUD $116,089.00 to $128,453.00 per annum plus superannuation

(Remuneration stated is for full-time positions)

Work type:Multiple positions - temporary (up to 3 years)

The Opportunities

Are you an urban planner, transport planner, geographer, or economist with a passion for GIS and data analytics?

Do you love exploring neighbourhoods, precincts, and entire cities through spatial data and geospatial insights, and can't wait to share what you discover?

We're looking for urban analytics enthusiasts (and even urban data artists) to join our team. You'll help advance our data foundation while uncovering and interpreting the hidden dynamics and flows that shape Brisbane's current and future development.

If you're curious about how cities work beneath the surface and want to turn that curiosity into action, this is the role for you.

Brisbane City Council's Strategic Planning section is delivering suburban precincts and citywide amendments to support housing, employment and communities across the city. To further this work, we have multiple exciting opportunities for GIS Data Analysts & Researchers to undertake research and turn complex data into actionable insight, better informing planning policies and urban growth for Brisbane city.

Our Business and Branch

City Planning and Design develops strategic planning policy, quality urban design creative outcomes and key legislation including the Brisbane City Plan 2014. Monitoring Brisbane's growth under the Brisbane City Plan 2014 and South East Queensland Regional Plan is critical understanding how our city will grow into the future, aligned to the themes of Brisbane Vision 2031.

What can this role offer you?

• the chance to shape Brisbane's inner city and suburban transformation
• involvement in high-impact, city-shaping projects
• a supportive and collaborative team culture
• opportunities for professional growth and career progression
• work with experienced professionals who are passionate about creating great places.

Key Responsibilities (All Roles)

• conduct in-depth research, modelling, and analysis of land use and urban development trends to support innovative strategic planning and guide economic development initiatives process, test, and model development inputs to monitor urban transformation and anticipate future growth scenarios.
• engage Internal and external stakeholders on various information and data requests
• enhance data management, GIS mapping, and growth modelling methodologies to support evidence-based planning, informed policy development, and strategic investment decisions.

Senior GIS Research Analyst (Band 6)

As a Senior GIS Research Analyst your responsibilities will be to work as part of a team that manage Land Use and Development Activity datasets, growth modelling tool and undertake research and analysis. You will be responsible for managing, analysing and producing data reports to support policy directions for Council. This is an opportunity for an experienced GIS and data modelling professional to support the urban research and modelling program of Brisbane City Council

• extensive experience with GIS software, including but not limited to ESRI products (ArcGIS Pro, Portal) or open-source platforms such as QGIS. Additional exposure to Safe Software's Feature Manipulation Engine (FME) and Power BI is advantageous. Programming skills in R, Python, or SQL are highly desirable
• proficient and confident in data wrangling, processing, mapping and visualisation skills with a strong attention to detail
• strong analytical skills in land use planning, including the ability to conduct statistical research and interpret growth trends across areas such as property development, demographics, housing, infrastructure, employment, and grow capacity
• demonstrated ability to undertake the development and maintenance of Council's land use and development activity core data sets
• demonstrated ability to prepare and produce high standard reports and presentation materials that are comprehensive, accurate and timely and meet customer needs
• effective communication and interpersonal skill.

GIS Data Analyst (Band 5)

The GIS Data Analyst will support the delivery of significant urban development research projects for strategic land use and infrastructure planning, inclusive of the award winning 'Virtual Brisbane' 3D spatial model which provides visual analysis for locations and specific development proposals and the expansion of regional planning and growth modelling.

• excellent communication skills with ability to work autonomously and also in a team
• understanding of urban planning, land use and development activity datasets
• ability to use database / GIS software and ability to learn land use models
• ability to comprehend and analyse demographic and urban infrastructure issues
• proficient and confident in cartographic and visualisation skills that pertain to map production, data analysis and manipulation using GIS tools or PowerBI
• exposure to database and programming language such as SQL, R, Python would be highly desirable.

Benefits of working for Council include:

• flexible working hours, and flexible arrangements
• free gym and wellness centre
• award winning superannuation fund
• generous leave provisions
• competitive salary.

Benefits of working for Council: CLICK HERE

How to apply: Click on the 'I'm interested' button to complete your online application. Please upload your tailored resume and covering letter (of no more than one page) demonstrating your suitability to the position.

This role will require a Criminal History Check.

For more information: Please call Steven Harvey

Application Closing Date: 21/10/ at 11:55PM AEST

People from diverse backgrounds, including those living with a disability and/or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who may have questions about the recruitment process or working at Council, are encouraged to reach out to the contact above, who can connect you with a member of Council's Diversity and Inclusion team.

Brisbane City Council is a multi-award winning accessible and inclusive workplace where our people represent the diverse communities we serve, are supported, and can feel safe. Council has been awarded Employer of the Year at the National Disability Awards and has been recognised multiple times with 'Gold Employer' status from the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTI inclusion.